"Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel" a feast for fashion-history buffs

11:21 PM,
Nov. 8, 2012

Written by

Kristin Tillotson
(Minneapolis) Star Tribune

'Style is everything," said Diana Vreeland, who ruled fashion for decades with bursts of inspiration and a wave of her cigarette holder.

For Vreeland, this was no handy catchphrase, but a mandate. To the 20th century's most fabulous doyenne of glamour, artifice was reality. Yet she also believed that "new dress won't get you anywhere, it's the life you live in it."

The documentary "Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel" is a feast for fashion-history buffs and anyone who applauds unstoppable eccentricity. ...